Two senior officials from Transport for Cape Town (TCT), the City of Cape Town’s transport authority, have been commended for outstanding performance.
MyCiTi’s cashless system, which has now been recognised internationally, reduces the risk to commuters while allowing for a varied fare system.
Manned for 24 hours a day, the City of Cape Town's Transport Information Centre (TIC) handles an average of 132 000 transport-related queries every month.
A total of 1186 single trip tickets to the value of R66 450 have been sold within the first two weeks of the launch of this product on 18 October 2014.
The City of Cape Town welcomes the findings of an independent survey which has recognised the City’s MyCiTi bus network as a leader in the field of African public transport systems.
Cape Town is one of the easiest cities in South Africa to navigate, whether by car, bus, taxi, rail, bicycle or on foot. The city is bicycle and pedestrian friendly, with a network of clearly marked bicycle lanes and walkways across Cape Town.
The Lansdowne/Wetton Corridor will provide residents from Khayelitsha to Philippi, Nyanga to Gugulethu, Mitchells Plain to Hanover Park, Wynberg and Claremont with a direct, efficient and scheduled public transport service. Of equal significance are the opportunities that this corridor will unlock within the 35 communities along its way in terms of improved accessibility to these areas, the increased mobility of the local residents, reduced congestion, new developments, private investment and the subsequent urban regeneration to flow from this.
A group of top international corporate executives visited TCT as part of a London Business School delegation. Their aim was to study the organisational culture of TCT, as part of the MBA programme.
The City of Cape Town has developed a new strategy, intended to improve the metered taxi services in the city. In addition to more appropriate fare regulation and significant changes to metered taxis’ pick-up conditions, the new by-law to stem from this strategy will set minimum service standards as well.
The City of Cape Town became the first multi-modal enabled city in Africa, with the launch of the Transport for Cape Town (TCT) mobile application (app).